| 释义 |
▪ I. swee|swiː|
[Echoic.]
A South African species of waxbill (Estrilda dufresnii), so called from its note. So swee-swee v. intr. to utter a note like the syllable ‘swee’ repeated; to chirp shrilly.
1839Moir Mansie Wauch xxii, The grand carved roofs, where the swallows swee-sweed, as they darted through the open windows. 1908Haagner & Ivy Sk. S. Afr. Bird-Life iv. 68 The Swee Waxbill (E[strilda] dufresnii) is the best known species in the South-eastern Province of Cape Colony. 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms, Swee,..Estrilda dufresnii. It owes its popular name to its cry of ‘swee-swee’.
▪ II. swee
dial. form of sway. |